Costa Rica vs Rwanda statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 14.3M in Rwanda (ranked 77/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 9,525 sq mi for Rwanda (ranked 126th vs. 146th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000).

Costa Rica and Rwanda: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Rwanda economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Rwanda

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Rwanda
1960	$507,513,830	$119,000,024
1961	$490,325,182	$122,000,016
1962	$479,180,824	$125,000,008
1963	$511,902,137	$128,000,000
1964	$542,578,367	$129,999,994
1965	$592,981,162	$148,799,980
1966	$647,305,630	$124,525,703
1967	$699,456,619	$159,560,018
1968	$773,841,494	$172,200,018
1969	$853,630,204	$188,700,037
1970	$984,830,158	$219,900,006
1971	$1,077,147,538	$222,952,504
1972	$1,238,251,696	$246,457,838
1973	$1,528,925,846	$290,746,157
1974	$1,666,544,754	$308,458,423
1975	$1,960,863,466	$571,863,500
1976	$2,412,555,426	$637,753,853
1977	$3,072,427,013	$746,650,613
1978	$3,523,208,810	$905,709,076
1979	$4,035,519,323	$1,109,346,131
1980	$4,831,447,001	$1,254,765,642
1981	$2,623,803,096	$1,407,062,527
1982	$2,606,623,555	$1,407,243,139
1983	$3,146,772,631	$1,479,687,587
1984	$3,660,477,856	$1,587,413,084
1985	$3,919,203,960	$1,715,626,331
1986	$4,418,983,871	$1,944,710,684
1987	$4,532,952,047	$2,157,432,668
1988	$4,614,629,898	$2,395,492,687
1989	$5,251,025,767	$2,405,022,593
1990	$5,711,687,787	$2,550,185,679
1991	$7,215,725,487	$1,911,600,237
1992	$8,579,754,758	$2,029,026,962
1993	$9,564,815,975	$1,971,525,712
1994	$10,489,903,725	$753,636,370
1995	$11,578,594,260	$1,293,535,193
1996	$11,678,424,507	$1,382,334,879
1997	$12,614,602,382	$1,851,558,197
1998	$13,684,255,947	$1,989,343,546
1999	$14,254,866,285	$2,157,108,263
2000	$15,013,629,662	$2,068,836,754
2001	$15,976,174,337	$1,966,600,715
2002	$16,578,820,687	$1,966,003,468
2003	$17,271,760,507	$2,138,237,279
2004	$18,610,594,846	$2,376,496,067
2005	$20,040,642,477	$2,933,819,766
2006	$22,715,540,324	$3,319,784,539
2007	$26,884,700,709	$4,070,507,895
2008	$30,801,745,700	$5,179,854,065
2009	$30,745,714,313	$5,674,476,969
2010	$37,658,616,952	$6,124,756,654
2011	$42,762,613,699	$6,884,913,658
2012	$47,231,655,432	$7,654,761,045
2013	$50,949,668,842	$7,819,964,024
2014	$52,016,408,854	$8,238,966,120
2015	$56,441,920,821	$8,543,760,206
2016	$58,847,019,610	$8,695,272,061
2017	$60,516,044,657	$9,252,833,894
2018	$62,420,164,992	$9,637,904,519
2019	$64,417,670,521	$10,349,300,277
2020	$62,395,610,760	$10,174,386,855
2021	$64,960,725,734	$11,078,787,095
2022	$69,243,626,029	$13,316,161,006
2023	$86,497,941,439	$14,331,722,700
2024	$95,350,423,177	$14,251,642,231

Costa Rica and Rwanda economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Rwanda

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Rwanda
1960	$382	$39.4
1961	$356	$39.3
1962	$335	$39.2
1963	$346	$39.3
1964	$354	$39
1965	$374	$43.5
1966	$395	$35.4
1967	$414	$44
1968	$445	$46
1969	$477	$48.9
1970	$536	$55.2
1971	$570	$54.4
1972	$639	$58.4
1973	$769	$66.9
1974	$817	$68.9
1975	$937	$124.1
1976	$1,123	$134.4
1977	$1,393	$152.7
1978	$1,556	$179.9
1979	$1,735	$213.8
1980	$2,021	$234.4
1981	$1,068	$254.6
1982	$1,032	$246.4
1983	$1,213	$250.6
1984	$1,372	$259.9
1985	$1,429	$271.6
1986	$1,569	$297.7
1987	$1,567	$320
1988	$1,555	$344
1989	$1,725	$335
1990	$1,830	$346
1991	$2,253	$254
1992	$2,612	$264.1
1993	$2,840	$247
1994	$3,040	$111
1995	$3,275	$228
1996	$3,227	$206
1997	$3,408	$238.7
1998	$3,617	$246.2
1999	$3,691	$264.7
2000	$3,813	$251.9
2001	$3,985	$237.3
2002	$4,068	$234
2003	$4,173	$249
2004	$4,431	$269.5
2005	$4,703	$324
2006	$5,257	$357
2007	$6,138	$426
2008	$6,937	$528
2009	$6,833	$564
2010	$8,266	$594
2011	$9,276	$651
2012	$10,127	$707
2013	$10,803	$705
2014	$10,911	$725
2015	$11,715	$734
2016	$12,091	$730
2017	$12,317	$758
2018	$12,590	$772
2019	$12,885	$810
2020	$12,394	$779
2021	$12,838	$830
2022	$13,626	$975
2023	$16,942	$1,027
2024	$18,587	$1,000

Costa Rica vs. Rwanda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Rwanda

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Rwanda
1950	57.5	43.2
1951	57.8	43.5
1952	58.1	43.8
1953	59.1	44.1
1954	59.9	44.4
1955	60.5	44.8
1956	61.2	45.2
1957	61.6	45.6
1958	62.3	46.1
1959	62.9	46.5
1960	63.5	47
1961	63.9	47.5
1962	64.2	47.8
1963	64.3	44
1964	64.5	48.1
1965	64.8	48.2
1966	65.1	48.1
1967	65.6	48
1968	65.8	47.7
1969	66.4	47.4
1970	66.8	47.1
1971	67.4	46.8
1972	68	46.3
1973	68.7	45.9
1974	69.4	45.6
1975	70.3	45.3
1976	70.9	45.3
1977	71.5	45.6
1978	72	46.2
1979	72.5	47.1
1980	73	48.1
1981	73.4	49.2
1982	73.9	50.2
1983	74.2	50.9
1984	74.6	51.4
1985	74.8	51.7
1986	74.9	51.7
1987	75.2	51.5
1988	75.5	50.9
1989	75.9	49.5
1990	76.1	47.8
1991	76.2	46.2
1992	76.4	44.4
1993	76.3	42.9
1994	76.3	12.2
1995	76.4	41.5
1996	76.4	42.5
1997	76.6	42
1998	76.9	43.1
1999	77.1	45.7
2000	77.3	47.8
2001	77.6	49.5
2002	77.9	51.3
2003	78.2	53.5
2004	78.5	55.5
2005	78.9	57
2006	79	58.3
2007	79.1	59.5
2008	79.2	60.6
2009	79.4	61.8
2010	79.4	62.8
2011	79.6	63.5
2012	79.9	64.2
2013	80.2	64.7
2014	80.2	65.1
2015	80.4	65.4
2016	80	65.7
2017	80	66.1
2018	80.1	66.4
2019	80.3	66.7
2020	79.7	67
2021	78.1	66.8
2022	79.3	67.5
2023	80.8	67.8
2024	81	68
2025	81.2	68.2

Costa Rica and Rwanda population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Rwanda

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Rwanda
1960	1,327,496	3,022,294
1961	1,377,920	3,106,779
1962	1,429,445	3,186,025
1963	1,481,604	3,258,890
1964	1,533,960	3,334,834
1965	1,586,208	3,423,210
1966	1,638,116	3,521,626
1967	1,689,523	3,629,577
1968	1,739,731	3,744,010
1969	1,789,276	3,861,271
1970	1,838,949	3,980,669
1971	1,888,539	4,100,044
1972	1,938,248	4,220,335
1973	1,988,343	4,345,047
1974	2,039,643	4,474,228
1975	2,092,719	4,607,728
1976	2,147,774	4,745,954
1977	2,205,025	4,888,240
1978	2,264,510	5,035,171
1979	2,326,490	5,189,541
1980	2,390,633	5,353,259
1981	2,456,637	5,527,230
1982	2,524,806	5,711,549
1983	2,595,153	5,905,311
1984	2,667,595	6,107,627
1985	2,741,894	6,317,228
1986	2,817,216	6,531,881
1987	2,892,699	6,749,493
1988	2,968,103	6,968,071
1989	3,043,827	7,184,706
1990	3,121,706	7,375,307
1991	3,202,176	7,526,966
1992	3,284,258	7,683,266
1993	3,367,434	7,981,132
1994	3,451,122	6,792,352
1995	3,535,176	5,674,118
1996	3,619,013	6,708,764
1997	3,701,711	7,755,238
1998	3,782,838	8,081,681
1999	3,862,101	8,147,912
2000	3,937,739	8,213,931
2001	4,008,947	8,287,094
2002	4,075,705	8,400,180
2003	4,138,784	8,586,875
2004	4,200,078	8,816,844
2005	4,261,240	9,054,528
2006	4,321,340	9,299,246
2007	4,380,248	9,549,933
2008	4,440,056	9,804,269
2009	4,499,791	10,060,432
2010	4,555,962	10,317,553
2011	4,609,833	10,573,733
2012	4,663,934	10,829,901
2013	4,716,147	11,093,340
2014	4,767,119	11,364,757
2015	4,818,038	11,640,022
2016	4,866,998	11,919,183
2017	4,913,177	12,202,060
2018	4,957,818	12,487,996
2019	4,999,553	12,776,103
2020	5,034,320	13,065,837
2021	5,059,988	13,355,260
2022	5,081,765	13,651,030
2023	5,105,525	13,954,471
2024	5,129,910	14,256,567

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Rwanda

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Rwanda

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Rwanda
1960	6.71	8.28
1961	6.65	8.28
1962	6.54	8.27
1963	6.39	8.27
1964	6.19	8.27
1965	5.96	8.25
1966	5.7	8.23
1967	5.42	8.21
1968	5.03	8.19
1969	4.84	8.18
1970	4.59	8.15
1971	4.36	8.09
1972	4.16	8.09
1973	3.99	8.09
1974	3.89	8.1
1975	3.8	8.1
1976	3.75	8.12
1977	3.7	8.14
1978	3.66	8.16
1979	3.65	8.13
1980	3.58	8.12
1981	3.56	8.1
1982	3.54	8.06
1983	3.53	8
1984	3.52	7.91
1985	3.51	7.79
1986	3.45	7.61
1987	3.38	7.43
1988	3.31	7.23
1989	3.24	7.03
1990	3.17	6.8
1991	3.08	6.62
1992	3	6.54
1993	2.93	6.48
1994	2.86	6.42
1995	2.78	6.35
1996	2.68	6.29
1997	2.59	6.24
1998	2.53	6.17
1999	2.48	6.06
2000	2.41	5.97
2001	2.31	5.89
2002	2.16	5.82
2003	2.08	5.74
2004	2.03	5.64
2005	2.04	5.5
2006	1.94	5.34
2007	1.95	5.14
2008	1.98	4.92
2009	1.95	4.71
2010	1.83	4.52
2011	1.88	4.33
2012	1.85	4.2
2013	1.78	4.14
2014	1.8	4.12
2015	1.8	4.11
2016	1.75	4.11
2017	1.71	4.08
2018	1.71	4.05
2019	1.6	3.99
2020	1.45	3.91
2021	1.35	3.84
2022	1.34	3.78
2023	1.33	3.7

Costa Rica and Rwanda demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Rwanda

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Rwanda
1960	16.8	15.5
1961	16.8	15.1
1962	16.7	14.9
1963	16.7	14.8
1964	16.7	14.7
1965	16.7	14.8
1966	16.8	14.9
1967	16.9	15.1
1968	17.1	15.3
1969	17.3	15.5
1970	17.6	15.7
1971	17.8	15.9
1972	18.1	16
1973	18.4	16.2
1974	18.6	16.3
1975	18.9	16.4
1976	19.2	16.5
1977	19.5	16.6
1978	19.7	16.6
1979	20	16.5
1980	20.3	16.5
1981	20.6	16.4
1982	20.9	16.2
1983	21.2	16.1
1984	21.4	16
1985	21.6	15.8
1986	21.8	15.7
1987	22.1	15.6
1988	22.3	15.6
1989	22.5	15.5
1990	22.7	15.5
1991	22.9	15.5
1992	23.2	15.6
1993	23.4	15.7
1994	23.6	15
1995	23.9	14.3
1996	24.1	14.6
1997	24.4	14.8
1998	24.7	15.3
1999	24.9	15.8
2000	25.2	16.3
2001	25.5	16.8
2002	25.9	17.1
2003	26.3	17.4
2004	26.7	17.6
2005	27	17.8
2006	27.4	18
2007	27.8	18.1
2008	28.2	18.3
2009	28.6	18.4
2010	29	18.5
2011	29.4	18.7
2012	29.8	18.8
2013	30.3	19
2014	30.7	19.1
2015	31.2	19.3
2016	31.7	19.4
2017	32.1	19.6
2018	32.6	19.7
2019	33	19.8
2020	33.5	19.9
2021	34	20
2022	34.5	20.3
2023	35.1	20.5
2024	35.6	20.8

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